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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Algorithm for the Assignment and Scheduling of Tasks in Human-Robot Collaboration
To face the challenge of increasing productivity while having flexibility, collaborative robots can help manufacturing or assembly systems. However, it is essential to assign and schedule tasks between humans ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Drivers and Barriers of Residual Agroforestry Biomass Valorization: A Bibliometric Analysis
Residual agroforestry biomass, a byproduct of agricultural and forestry practices, can be used as feedstock in various industries, including bioenergy, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. In addition to its potent...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysis and Improvement of the Maintenance Activity in the Molding Process of a Company in the Cork Industry
This article describes the work carried out with the objective of analyzing and improving the maintenance activity in the molding process of a company in the cork sector. Regarding the research design, an anal...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Internal Logistics Restructuring to a Production Growth: A Case Study
For companies to remain competitive in the current market, they need to find ways to reduce as much as possible their operational costs. To achieve this, one area that is often the focus of improvement is inte...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Diagnosis and TQM Strategies for Improving the Organizational Efficiency of a Consulting Company
Total Quality Management (TQM) is useful in both the industrial and service sectors. The purpose of this study was to increase profitability at a management consulting company by applying and improving interna...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Implementation of a New Layout in a New Production Area of a Cork Stopper Factory Following Lean Manufacturing Principles
The current market conditions and purchasing power put pressure on selling prices. To maintain corporate profits, it is important to increase manufacturing efficiency and lower costs. The industrial unit in wh...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Towards a Conceptual Framework for Agroforestry Residual Biomass Sustainable Business Models
Residual agroforestry valorization reduces the dependency on nonrenewable resources. It is also a source of cheaper, renewable, and greener raw materials. Apart from being used for energy production, it has th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimization of Last Mile Logistics Process Combining Passenger and Freight Flows
This research addresses the operational planning of an urban logistics problem where an existing bus passenger transportation network is integrated with the urban freight process, and with a last mile delivery...
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A Literature Review of Technological Trends in Urban Logistics: Concepts and Challenges
With the recent increasing of e-commerce worldwide, high number of urban deliveries are made every day, typically performed by companies that use fleets powered by fossil fuels. Thus, urban logistics is facing...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Understanding and Predicting Process Performance Variations of a Balanced Manufacturing Line at Bosch
Industry 4.0 takes advantage of data-driven approaches to improve manufacturing processes. Root cause analysis (RCA) techniques are naturally required to support the identification of reasons for (in)efficienc...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Advanced Technologies Supporting the Implementation of Lean/Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Its Influence on the Performance
The lean/green supply chain paradigm supports a better performance in terms of economic, environmental and social dimensions. This paper describes a research about the deployment of advanced technologies such ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Learning Factory for Remanufacturing: A New Configuration at Valladolid Lean School
Collaboration between university and industry is essential in today’s changing environment, where limited resources must be used by as many users as possible in an efficient manner. At the University of Vallad...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
JELA: An Alternative Approach to Industrial Engineering and Management student’s Lean Management Education
This paper presents an Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) students’ union, JELA, that was born at University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal. JELA is a junior lean company, with the purpose to provide its me...
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Chapter
Introduction to Lean and Just-in-Time Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing is widely used by industries mainly to mitigate and eliminate all kinds of waste and to improve productivity as a way of enhancing the competitiveness of organizations. A positive correlatio...
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Just in Time
This chapter aims to clarify the definition of Just-in-Time (JIT) presenting it as a philosophy that contributes to the maximum reduction of the seven categories of wastes in the production process.
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Final Considerations Regarding the Just-in-Time Framework
This chapter proposes a framework to serve as a roadmap for Just in time (JIT) implementation in plants, grounded on the practical experience acquired during the implementation of a JIT plant and considering t...
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Chapter
Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen
This chapter answers the questions: What is lean manufacturing? What is Kaizen? This chapter covers a brief description of lean manufacturing foundations, its main principles and wastes, and also the benefits ...
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Lean Manufacturing Tools
This chapter is focused on the more visible part of JIT, providing a detailed description of a set of basic lean manufacturing tools for a successful JIT implementation. The Lean tools explored in this chapter...
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Assessing Entrepreneurial Profiles: A Study of Transversal Competence Gaps in Four European Countries
The need to develop entrepreneurial competences in young professionals has been a key priority in the agendas of policy makers and industry leaders for some time. This chapter offers several contributions to a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Exact and a Hybrid Approach for a Machine Scheduling Problem with Job Splitting
The unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with job splitting and setup times is addressed in this paper.
